What kind of jobs can someone with Asperger's get?

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I don't know how to explain it.

But what kind of jobs can I get with my aspergers?

I have asperger's too and I struggle to keep a job. Things move too quickly and too busily and it causes me to go nearly insane. I'm trying to figure out what kind of job I can get, too. I would think an office job would be the best choice but i'm pretty sure most of the employers for an office job need you to have a college degree in a similar field. I'm in the process of getting on disability but I still need to get a part time job to support myself.

If you're a math/science savant, you can be a computer programmer or engineer.

If you're not ,repeat after me: would you like fries with that?

And no, a liberal arts degree won't help you one bit.

It's hard for someone with Asperger's to work in fast food. I know that from first hand experience, bro. There are plenty of jobs besides the ones you mentioned for us. As for liberal arts being a bad field for us, I disagree. Working as a historian, politician, or anything like that would be just fine as long as we aren't too exposed. I just don't like your tone one bit.

Maybe for you. For the rest of us, were not gonna losers like you.

I was just trying to get my point across that without technical skills, an Aspy will usually be stuck in a low-paying job.



Okay...like what?



There's not that many of those jobs out there. Do you really think I don't know what I'm talking about? How's this....I have a MASTERS in Political Science and can't find work. The jobs in my field go to people with only a bachelors (or less than that even) with really good social skills.



I'm telling it like it is. See my thread in general autism discussion.



Really? What are you going to do if you don't have math/science skills? Those are the Aspies who are able to get good jobs. The rest of us are screwed. Believe me, I WISH it wasn't this way, but it is.

Those were just two examples of the jobs we can get. For me, if I could work one on one with someone rather than in a crowd of people, i'd be okay. I'd make a really good counselor if I could get over my OCD problems.

Hi Belushi87,

What kind of jobs can someone with Asperger's get? It depends on whether or not it is easy to hide. Some abstract factor in the factors of "meet-and-deal" skills were most always used to stop my employment considerations (even in non-"meet-and-deal" jobs). The longer I could hide my disabilities, the further I got in employment considerations. Any mentioning, or listing, of disabilities brought about an abrupt halt about 50% of the time. A higher level oral interview always stopped my employment considerations. When I didn't make any reference to my disabilities on my resumes (and/or could somewhat hide them), I received 100% success to the next step. I was then often told I was over qualified for all jobs that didn't require a BS degree (it's actually illegal to understate education levels on federal employment forms), and with many jobs with BS requirements, I was told I was too smart for the job and they didn't want people who would be bored by being over qualified. The whole gamut of elements of "body language" was then used when more highly educated individuals were hired over me, or the positions also left with vacancies. With different interviewers, the body language elements at issue were often contradictory (on a panel interview, I had good eye contact and bad eye contact, too narrow of response and too wide of response, I spoke too loud and too soft, etc.). Final federal courts of appeal found me not disabled and too disabled, found me not qualified for positions the government certified I was qualified for, and found me over qualified much like the flack over the "too smart too be a cop" lawsuits.

With the elements of "meet-and-deal" skills, Asperger's is much like being raised in a different and implicitly incompatible culture:
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Tadzio

There's kind of a Catch-22 dilemma I guess..

In some jobs one may possess the actual smarts for it, but dealing with people all day, interacting, etc can be the major drawback.

Then other gigs affords one the chance to work mostly alone, however the job might require alot of brain power.

Any job you have the qualifications to do.

In the current economy, you can expect a lot of "we'll contact you when we make our decision".

http://www.rosesforautism.com/

They train Aspies for farming jobs on small farms.

There are often manufacturing jobs that Aspies are good at--companies have found that it often makes sense to produce high quality specialty products close to home, and have been bringing home those jobs from overseas. Often, something gets lost in translation when taking advantage of cheap overseas labor--something you can afford when selling to picky customers who expect the best.

We really excel at spotting problems--such as realizing that there is some sort of disease or new bug on the plants.

Quality control/inspection! You could also get trained as a medical transcriber and work from home.

You can do any job with Asperger's as long as you have the qualifications for it. Part of it is not writing off the job because you don't see it as aspie-friendly. Customer service and fast food are not aspie-friendly, but when they're the only job you can get then you don't have much of a choice. Back when I was a supermarket cashier I would be catatonic on my days off.

Pretty much this. a large percentage of career software testers are aspies, for example, and it's completely normal to not have a relevant (or any) college degree in that job.

But QC of things other than software is out there too.

A willingness to obsess over details and completely ignore the social cues that would usually dissuade people from harassing coworkers who out rank them are both valuable assets in QC.

I personally work in a very un-aspie job (technical support in a call center) and actually like it. Yes, the contact is stressful, however, there are other advantages. For one: you only deal with one person at a time (my issue is much more with groups than with individuals). Also: it requires a lot of pattern detection (in the fault and errors) and that is something I feel aspies can excel at. Also, the day is very strictly organized which is a plus in my books as it means I have minimal uncertainty. Apart from that, it is also nice that since you probably will never hear the other person again, no one will notice how pre-planned your "social skills" are (I have a few 'canned jokes' which I use to lighten the mood for example).

What about creative skills? Graphic designer, writer... What about business skills? Engineering? Agent?
Speak for yourself SadAspy.